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Membership Call – Early Career Academics Committee

06/06/2023

Expression of Interest: Early Career Academics Committee

The CAPHIA Board of Director is calling for members for the Early Career Academics Committee

CAPHIA is seeking members for the Early Career Academics (ECA) Committee.

Formerly known as “ECAPS” the Committee is focused on professionally developing those towards the start of their academic public health journey.

The Committee is highly engaged and output focused. Previous deliverables include speed networking, the 4-part professional development series and an international perspective seminar (see our vimeo channel for recordings,

Recording Available: ECAPS Professional Development Seminar 4

14/12/2022

The final seminar in the four-part Professional Development series was held on 6 December 2022. Five presentations by experienced and early career academics examined key considerations in applying for promotion at the early career stage and beyond and preparing to enter academia as an HDR student. Topics include how to know when to apply for promotion, choosing and presenting the best evidence for your application, lessons from unsuccessful applications, perspectives from the point of view of a promotion panel,

The Promotion and Application Pitch Seminar December 6 2022 – Register now

23/11/2022

The Promotion & Application Pitch – 6 December 2022

Join us Tuesday 6 December for the last in the 4-part Professional Development Series hosted by the Early Career Academics and Postgraduate Students Subcommittee (ECAPS)

What type of mask should healthcare workers use to protect from novel coronavirus diseases (COVID-19) pandemic?

29/07/2020

What type of mask should healthcare workers use to protect from novel coronavirus diseases (COVID-19) pandemic?

Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) emerged in Wuhan City in China in December 2019 and as of 25 June 2020, around 9 million cases and 0.5 million deaths have been reported globally (1) . Like severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus1 (SARS-CoV1), Ebola and other previous epidemics (2,

What is it like to be a migrant female ECR in academia?

25/06/2020

What is it like to be a migrant female ECR in academia?
By Dr Sabrina Gupta, Department of Public Health, La Trobe University

The difficulties of being a woman in an academic environment have often been discussed, and my particular experience also brings a different lens to the role. Being a first-generation migrant to Australia (and a second-generation migrant to Canada previously) of Indian heritage, meant significant adjustment to a new society.

Setting yourself up to thrive for grant writing seasons.

13/03/2020

Setting yourself up to thrive for grant writing seasons.
Dr Elizabeth Pritchard November 2019
Monash University
WALT Institute

As researchers, academics and students, our lives are often cyclical. Determined by various external deadlines, dates and requirements. Dates for an expression of interest, a grant application, publication review, exams, ethics submission deadlines, confirmation of candidature, semesters or marking. We often allow these external forces to dictate how we approach our day and get caught up in the flurry of activity.So how do make sure that we approach the year with energy,